• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Amish 365
  • About
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • Amish Marketplace
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Amish Recipes
    • Amish Culture
    • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Great Depression Recipe: One-Dish Meal

    Published: May 8, 2017 · Updated: May 8, 2017 by Kevin Williams | 2 Comments

    Easy homemade noodles like these are a key part of this dish.

    By Kevin Williams

    The lean years of the Great Depression definitely impacted Amish cooking by steering an already frugal culinary tradition even more in that direction.  More recently, the Great Recession reinforced a minimalist cooking style among the Amish.  This is an old, but very simple recipe, that comes from an Amish woman in Adams County, Indiana.   This is dish could be doubled and tripled depending on the size of the family you are trying to feed (and their appetites).  But if you look closely at this dish, it is pretty well-rounded and, for an Amish cook, economically.  Chances are the cook would have homemade noodles on hand (if you don't have a recipe, this is a good, easy Amish one).  There would be potatoes on hand from the garden or bulk food center, tomatoes would be home-harvested and beef would be home-canned and ready to go.

    Great Depression Recipe: One-Dish Meal
     
    Print
    Prep time
    10 mins
    Cook time
    40 mins
    Total time
    50 mins
     
    Serves: 2 servings
    Ingredients
    • 2 cups of sliced potatoes
    • 1 cup of canned beef
    • 3 /4 cup of noodles
    • 3 /4 cup of tomatoes
    Instructions
    1. Cook potatoes, beef, and noodles about half hour.
    2. Add tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
    3. Salt to taste.
    Wordpress Recipe Plugin by EasyRecipe
    3.5.3226

     

    « Amish in the News: Amish Community Cookbook, Hutterite Happenings, Mama Mary, and More!
    The Amish Cook: Gloria's Glazed Dutch Apple Pie »

    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Joanne

      February 05, 2020 at 5:21 pm

      I'm curious if you are of "sound mind?" Do you even look at what you post?
      1. The size of that stockpot is large enough to feed a Platoon, yet it states "2 servings?" Maybe it's meant for 2 elephants?
      2. It states to cook the potatoes, beef, noodles for about a half hour. 2a. There is no beef in the photo! 2b. "Cook" it in what? Water, broth, stock?
      3. Next, it states to add tomato! 3a. No tomato in photo.
      WOW! Looks good. Would have liked to try it but with these "directions," that won't be happening any time soon.
      I have emailed you numerous times and have never received a response and don't expect one this time. Enjoy your day!

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 04, 2020 at 10:43 pm

        Sorry, Joanne, I just saw this...I'll have to go back to the original recipe notes and look...if I can find them, I'll post them and we can see what the discrepancy is.

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Rate this recipe:  

    Primary Sidebar

    Kevin Williams - The Amish Editor Amish Cook Column

    Hi There, I'm Kevin!

    Welcome to Amish365, where I share my knowledge of Amish cooking and culture! I’ve spent almost three decades exploring Amish settlements and kitchens from Maine to Montana and almost everywhere in between. I’ll occasionally throw in stories of my travels, journalism adventures (I’m a Pulitzer prize-nominated journalist), fascination with grocery stores and Kmarts, and much more!

    More about me →

    Latest Amish Recipes

    • What is Shunning? And Do the Amish Still Shun?
    • Amish Ham & Potato Skillet Supper
    • What Language Do The Amish Speak? (German or English?)
    • Amish Honey-Molasses Cake (Easy Sweet Treat!)
    dutchcrafters

    Download The "Almost Amish" Ebook

    Footer

    Footer

    About

    • About The Amish Editor
    • Download "Almost Amish" Ebook
    • Amish Communities
    • Amish Marketplace

    Contact

    • Work With Us
    • Contact

    *As a member of various affiliate programs I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Amish 365 | Powered by Touch The Road